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When studying human development, researchers consider both , or inborn characteristics, and , experiential influences.
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Studying the increase in Baby Jesse’s vocabulary is an example of change, while his movement from nonverbal to verbal communication would be an example of change.
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is a concept about the nature of reality, based on societally shared perceptions or assumptions.
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With the development of speech and the ability to move about on their own, become increasingly self-reliant.
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Kai is developing his self concept as his independence, self control, and self care increase. These examples suggest development during the period of the life span.
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Six-year-old Abigail lives in the United States, and six-year-old Juana lives in Peru. Abigail is more likely to live in a family, and Juana is more likely to live in an family.
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Today, the family household is becoming less typical in developing countries, and families are becoming more common in Western societies.
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consist of people united by ancestry, religion, language, and/or national regions, which contribute to a shared identity and shared attitudes, beliefs, and values.
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Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz showed that newly hatched ducklings instinctively follow the first moving object they see, a phenomenon called .
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As Konrad Lorenz demonstrated, birds have a window of opportunity to learn such important things as imprinting during their periods of development; humans, who are more plastic in their development, experience periods, when they are especially responsive to certain types of experiences.
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People develop within contexts, including biology, normative and nonnormative influences and an historical-cultural context.







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